The pattern
145 BPM · 4/4 · 16 step
| Instrument | Beat 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Beat 2 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Beat 3 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Beat 4 | Step 14 | Step 15 | Step 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| 808 | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Psytrance (Goa, then full-on and progressive psy) at 138–148: the identity is the kick-bass relationship, with the bass (808 lane) on the three sixteenths after each kick ("k-b-b-b", rolling bass) and never together with it. Open hat on the offbeat, sixteenth-note hats, clap on 2 and 4 (often light). Variants: bass with 2 notes per beat ("gallop", .x.x or ..xx), kick + bass in C Phrygian, fx and acid TB-303 leads modulating over 3/16 cycles.